This is my old development blog for my project Cube World.
There is now an official site: picroma.com.
The game is still in development and not available for download. Be careful of fake downloads.

2012/05/31

Cube World: Multiplayer Impressions

Here's a bunch of new screenshots that Pixxie and I made during a long multiplayer test. Pixxie played a warrior and I a played a ranger. We explored jungles, snowlands, caves, we crafted potions and armor and fought nasty monsters.

Awesome work Wollay! Looks like it's really coming along. I love your imagination. I mean giant radishes?! and the scenary really is beautiful. It's so orrigional. I'm sure you know what you still want to do with the game. My suggestion would be to improve the interior of the houses you construct. They just look a little empty and I'm not sure what they're really for :)

This is really neat, but people are becoming really discouraged about how you only show pictures, and videos, and never release the game. If minecraft waited until it was totally done to release, it would not be as popular now and be very buggy. Many people see this game and get hyped, but it dies down after months of waiting and still, we never get to try out the game. If I was you, I'd focus on making the menu, update, and making the game not hackable. Once that is done, people can buy the game and play it. Because me and my 10 friends have been following this, but 8 of us don't care anymore, as we only get to dream of it.

Wollay you are just holding out on us. You have the cookie jar but you ain't letting anyone put their hand in it yet. I could care less because I will still be playing it when it release patience is a virtue not many people here have. But as I like to say convenience is a necessity, so keep on working as it fits you.

Actually, look at the damn comments on each post Wollay makes. There's more and more comments because it's building hype. This game releases a decent amount of updates as time goes by, enough to keep everyone strung along.

Well since this is a Development Blog (look at the top of the page) we should start talking about stuff that we would like to see in the game instead of complaining about it not being out. We should start right here and how about talking about what we want to see in multiplayer and or something else you would like to see in the game.

I have two questions:1: What is the level scaling going to be like? I've been following Cube-World for about 6 months now but i haven't seen anything about scaling, which worries me, because if its done wrong then you might end up with an RPG where you never progress, because the monsters are getting much better also.2: Will there be a more advanced leveling up system, like learning skills or perks? Or learning new spells?

Feel free to correct me if either of those are confirmed.I also had two idea's :D

What if there were colorful birds that have rare plumage, which is used to craft the weirdest and zaniest of potions. These birds would only be up in special tree's designed so that you could reach the top by jumping onto your friend whilst he/she swings his/her weapon, knocking you backwards and up. However to reach the top your friend will need a decent amount of strength and a good weapon. This would work with any enemy/npc that can attack with a decent amount of damage.

Barbarians.These Barbarians will attempt to kill you with a ground slam attack which will knock you over and deal damage to you. However if you jump but moments before the Barbarians weapon hits the ground, you will be launched upwards, allowing you do an air-dive attack on the Barbarian, dealing most of his health. If you land of an enemy no falling damage is taken, otherwise, you'll probably die.The lower health a Barbarian is on, the more damage his slam does, and the higher it launches you. This would cause more damage from your dive attack. As such, Barbarians could become a risky tactic for boss fights too, as you take the risk of being knocked over and killed by the boss, but on the other side, you could use the Barbarian to your advantage and kill the boss quickly. Due to the useful nature of the Barbarian, one would be able to tie him up with rope and haul him to your designated destination, or give him a shiny new weapon and have him follow you. In order to re-aggressive the Barbarian one need only hit him once.

Can you release a beta? We really love it. But most of the fans got killed in the last couple of weeks. You should release a beta now, as it would help with your sales. I can barely hold on much longer. I wont leave unless a month later the game isn't out. Sorry, but you should release it soon on surprise.

I don't see why you don't let the public beta test it, you would find more bugs and finish it faster, plus you could more accurate input on what consumers want from the game. Also, you would be really rich, really fast.

dude, you have a big problem. Even if we 2 or 3 will have more patience, a lot of other players will disapear, i hate when a kid like wollay is making a game, but posting much to early informations about it, it was better for him to start this blog when he reached a high level, maybe at 3-4 months before beta or alpha, he make us wait, but i loose my respect for this one, i play minecraft and i like to be able to play a game afther 2 -3 months afther i saw a trailer or pictures (Brick-Force)-(Minecraft)-(Terraria) he will certain loose alot by being so Silencemod-never ask at our comments and a lot of ignorating things so .. i will be back here weekly or better say monthly and i will buy the game but blame the maker !

n00b.1: He is not a kid; he has graduated and has a wife, so AT LEAST 23 years old.2: Your grammar sucks, you are using Google translate.3: He has the right to tell what he has added to the game and when to tell it.4: He has the right to keep alpha/beta away from people like you.5: Have you been checking his twitter? He hasn’t been in "Silencemod"6: This is the first post I’ve seen that you have made, so nobody will notice or care when you’re gone.

Though I get what you're saying, they clearly aren't using Google translate, as they used "loose" instead of "lose" twice. With how common that misspelling is, you'd think people had never heard of loose change, screws, or shoelaces...

2. Early information? The game has been in development for almost a year (364 days to be exact). Who the hell develops and publishes a whole game in less then a year? There are probably a couple exceptions (excluding the 3 you named, but Minecraft was was only officially released 8 months ago). But in reality, you are an impatient bastard.

3. We don't care what you want. This builds a community, so more people end up buying it, he makes more money, and DEVELOPS IT FURTHER.

4. Making you wait? Who are you comparing this to? You must hate the majority of all games developed then.

5.He isn't silent you dumbass.

6. Your rant has left me no respect for you, so I hope I never see you in-game after he releases it on some random server. Please leave.

All we know about character customization is that you will be able to choose your race hair style and other stuff along with the color of hair.A price has not been announced, but I do believe he said that it would be affordable.And it is a double hammer just look at the third to last picture you get a much better look at it.

Wollay have you ever thought about live-streaming just running around with some commentary, or heck just a video of you running around talking about some future planned features or just talk about yourself

okay so he said they are doing multiplayer "Testing"... if he is testing it does that mean he finished and he is just checking for bugs? if it does then *sploog*. and if he is testing multiplayer than he MUST be done testing singleplayer...right? D_D

Actually, I want this game soon. I am pretty tired of you flaunting screenshots and going on about how its all this and that, and having other people play it and then you scream about how it wont be free and we need to wait. Its a dick move. I am thinking of taking my money elsewhere to someone who actual gives a shit about us.

Tell me, who makes a quality game in year? Ever seen games taht don't SUCK? They take at least a year and a half of effort with huge teams. I can tell you I want Torchlight 2, but it's taking them over two years on a multiple person team. Chill out.

guys, the more you bug him, the longer its gonna take for him to get done reading all the comments and get back to programing and stuff. besides, the longer he works on it, the better its gonna be so good things come to those who wait but better things come to those who wait a bit longer ^_^

Wollay,I understand and respect your decision to post-pone the release until the game is finished, but you cannot wait much longer to release the game for many people are losing interest very quickly. Even if you have problems in real life, you must make a choice: Release the game soon, or delete this website so you may work in peace. I will respect your decision either way. ~Skylar201

Because that would TOTALLY work. I mean, it's not like Minecraft didn't lose ALL of its fanbase before it was even out of beta. Seriously. Wait for it to be finished, you'll have the FULL experience on day one. What you're supposed to receive. Not some half-finished crap. Yeah, I'm excited too, and i want to play it. But I've played enough alphas and betas to know that the finished product is worth the wait.

How would he lose fans? It's another game. Great, people can add Elder Scrolls to their game list, so what? Who releases a game in year? Even EA can't pull that off with their buggy, crapped up releases.

this is agin just a stupid comment that you won't read, but if you could pls, relese demo, alpha, pre- alpha, at last the character creator, this thingie in you can make those voxel guys, PLEEEEEEAAAAASEEEEEEEEEEEEE ANSWER ANY OF THOSE COMMENTS! SHOW THAT YOU ARE READING THIS!

Not only those three games. As you can see, not every skill slot was used, so i assume, that there will be some kind of character skill upgrading system. I really Hope, that it will be similar to that in Skyrim, but not exactly the same:

Just one tree (its structure you can choose by choice of character archetype (warior, mage, archer ...)), that splits to ofensive and densive (more damage, faster health recharge), and they will split to type of weapon/armour, they split to more, maeby join, and skills will be able to unlock after significant moment (level up, hard quest, big boss).Just my simple idea :)

I totally agree. My friend stumbled upon this when surfing teh internets. He came on skype and kept saying to us "YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS." So i humored him and clicked the link. Dang, my mind was blown. Seeing all the stuff one guy had created and called a "small project" was astonishing. All four of us have been waiting for months, I'm not even sure if the rest of them even care about this anymore. I'd be willing to be out of all those people we were sharing this to I am the only one who ever checks this webpage anymore. I myself am starting to get frustrated. It is like when we were kids, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was on tv, and they showed an ad for the new SNES turtles game. All they do is show a bit of gameplay footage and then hype it up. Later that month you get your copy of Nintendo Power, you open it up and read all about the new turtles game, turtles IV or Turtles in Time.The game isn't set to release for another couple of months. You sit waiting, waiting, waiting for any new news to come of this game. No news comes. You loose interest, tired of waiting, and go to the game store and buy Zelda a Link to The Past instead. You forget all about the game you once thought would consume your life it would be so awesome. I feel the same way about this game, if I do remember correctly a beta was supposed to be released a month ago or so. As you can tell that never happened... Every time he posts new screen shots or gameplay videos it boosts my confidence in the game, but also makes me more frustrated and mad that i cant play it. Seriously Wollay, just give the fans something to do, something to hold us over while we wait it out. There are a lot of good games coming out this year, and with all the new awe it will become easy to forget things. Now I'm hoping that i wont forget about this game, and that I can see it through to release day, but i don't know anymore it just keeps getting harder and harder to sit back and wait for this game. I doubt wollay will actually read this so I'm probably wasting breath, but who cares I just want to add my voice to the community.

yes he would because smart people wouldnt waste their money on so many different games. as in if i thought the elder scrolls is going to be better i would switch my attention to that and forget cube world. if you wanna pay for two games then you should consider your self spoiled

Yea but it's your opinion, i mean some of people are to much excited so they are asking for a Alpha version and other are just waiting for the complete version of the game... But I'm one of the waiters :P

I sincerely hope he doesn't pay attention to the morons flooding his blog comments. I'm sure he's pretty "in peace" if that's the case. It's interesting that there is no pre-purchase option at the moment, but for me that proves his integrity. He is just showing us his game, with no strings attached. If it would really give you peace of mind to click on a yellow button and feel the transaction to solidify your hold of this game, should it come out, you should consider what the hell will be different then than now. Will you not want it anymore? If that's the case, why buy it earlier if the end result (receiving the finished game) will be exactly the same?

1. Just because I have a variety of games to choose from does not me spoiled. That logic shows that you are a bigot.

2. The MMO is friggin subscription-based. A real turn-off. Not including the fact for a year of that game, I'd be able to purchase anywhere from 2~15 other games, depending on the price of a year's game time (like other big mmos, it will certainly be at $120~$150 a year) and cost of my games ($10~$60). Shows the hypocrisy in your statement.

3. If your going to forget about this game because of some game when the last game in the series was barely an improvement from the game before it, just leave now.

4. You have no clue what a smart person is.

5. Cube World is just another game. I have about 30 games queued up that I want to play. Cube World is just one of them. This does not make me spoiled, it means I have a variety of games and insurance I won't bore myself to death looking for new ones. In fact, I'm pretty sure everyone here has more then one game on their wish list.

2) This statement is folly. As this is an Indie title, some good indie titles have been developed in under a year. Also, calling people names is extremely rude.

3)"We don't care what you want." I love how you really emphasis on the "WE,"as though you speak on behalf of everyone here. You must think you're something special. Excuse me while I think up an award for your ego.

4) He's not comparing this "wait" to anything. He has a point. Developers shouldn't release information until the later stages of development as players tend to over-hype the material too early. Surely, progression on this game is being made, and good material gives that itch to players who grow more impatient as such material releases. The whole "look but do not touch" idea. Players want to touch, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

5) He is next to silent. I've seen so many unanswered questions, and little cooperation from the developer to communicate with his fans. Mainly only to release material, and perhaps every once in a blue moon, will he reply to something.

6) Nobody cares if you respect or disrespect someone on the internet. You never respected him in the first place, as you do not know him. Respect is earned, not given. Who mentored you in to having good manners? Do yourself a favor -- look in a mirror and ask yourself if this is the kind of snotty brat you want to be to others, or if you're willing to not call someone a dumbass, or a bastard, or any other remark that makes you look just as low as this guys rant. Seriously, there's other ways of debate -- You're choice just shows how much more learning you lack when it comes to dealing with others. And chances are, you'd rather not deal with them.

No, did you even read? I don't OWN THEM because I don't have THE MONEY for them. All it shows is I've looked AROUND and saw a game I wanted that I could purchase at a LATER DATE. Idiot. How does it make me spoiled because there are things I want but don't currently own.

Nice to show that you have bigotry towards successful people as well, assuming your not the same guy.

The thing is, Notch released Minecraft EXTREMELY early in development, and now everyone assumes that EVERY INDIE GAME should have an open beta. Guys, instead of asking about beta and price and stuff, why don't we give him good ideas for in-game content in order to make the game better?

Well, I am sort of dissapointed by the fact that 90% of the comments are either asking for a beta or asking about when it will be released. If people actually thought of good content ideas, he might actually read our comments.

2. "Some", Guess what, other indie games have taken longer then a year to make. He is a single man with his wife doing some graphics stuff.

3. So people would rather he go completely silent until a month before he's done? No, people would rather he give updates as develops it.

4. This isn't some game that has been in development for 3 years. It's barely been a year. If you look at his ranting, he's whining about not being able to less then a fourth of a year after he saw this game. There are flash games that take longer to make then he's willing to wait for a game.

"i like to be able to play a game afther 2 -3 months afther i saw a trailer or pictures"

Yeah? Well the rest of us want a quality, content-full game.

5. Define silent. Only twice has gone more then a month without an update. Both of them involved complete "start from scratch" of the game engine and sound engine, respectively. Otherwise, he posts atleast twice a month of content, even more if you check his Twitter. Also, HE DOES talk to fans, on Twitter, albeit less often then before.

6. You expect me to read his rant (which HIS ATTITUDE in it affected) and show him respect? He had a chance to earn my respect, he lost that chance.

"i hate when a kid like wollay is making a game, but posting much to early informations about it"

He already disrespected Wollay, if it's EARNED and not GAINED, my disrespect of him is legitmate. You expect me to talk all nice and "respectful" about this guy after this? Earned, not gained.

And while you make a baseless remark in the last couple sentences, let me tell you something. Learn some comprehension skills.

exactly what i was saying before the game was just cubes swords and trolls but now look at it its better then it was before thats why im saying to everyone give him time hes putting more stuff in to make the game posibly even better then it is now!!!!

well we cant give him ideas with out know how the game feels becouse we all have good ideas but they might not fit in here and its not like setting up a beta would hinder his ability to work on the game plus then we could be playing and be like oh man you know what would really be cool in this game and send him man email. and im not saying you are wrong i just think the playing the game helps with ideas..

You did not have to buy the game, you knew it would be buggy. We just thought that it was the future of game development. I mean look how well minecraft did because of it. I would hate for this game to fail because of it not following in minecraft's footsteps.

About me & Contact

This is my development blog for Cube World and Plasma. If you have any questions, send me an email: wollay@picroma.com
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